Tag Archives: Science

Science Is NOT A Good Substitute For God

Posted on April 11, 2016 by The Political Hat

     An article over at reason.com claimed that science is a good substitute for God. “Religious believers tend to be happier than non-religious folk, according to a long line of psychological research. Scientists have suggested several possible explanations for this phenomenon, … Continue reading →

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Death Ray To Be Shut Down For Not Outputting Enough Energy

Posted on March 25, 2016 by The Political Hat

     It turns out the atomic powered bird-slaughtering death ray just doesn’t output enough energy, and my be shut down. “The Ivanpah solar plant could be shut down if state regulators don’t give it more time to meet electricity production promises … Continue reading →

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The Best Girl In Science Is A Boy

Posted on March 19, 2016 by The Political Hat

     A contest to find the best young girls in science, called “Pretty Curious” has been won by… a boy. “EDF Energy has been criticised after a 13-year-old-boy won a competition that was part of a campaign to attract teenage girls … Continue reading →

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Happy Pi Day!

Posted on March 14, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Happy π Day everyone!      Here is Danica McKellar to explain it to you:

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Feminist Glaciology, Or Stop Mis-Gendering Glaciers

Posted on March 9, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Glaciers aren’t just big hunks of ice, according to feminist and post-colonial­ academics, but have feelings.  This sentiment is considered to be more valid than eeevil masculinist and White science.  This sentiment is also embodied in the peer reviewed article … Continue reading →

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Climate Science? Meet The Climate Fairy

Posted on February 29, 2016 by The Political Hat

     The UN has awarded a prize for “awareness” to a groups of “climate astronauts” singing about how they don’t want to bathe because taking baths will destroy the world or something…  Of course, they had help in their scientific endeavor … Continue reading →

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Queering Outer Space

Posted on February 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     This is not a pithy title, but what anthropology professor graduate student Michael P. Oman-Reagan state’s he is trying to do. “However, from at least the 1970s, some space scientists have challenged this trajectory of resource extraction, neo-colonialism, and reproduction … Continue reading →

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Scientists Take First Step Towards Creating Catgirls

Posted on January 23, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Scientists have taken the first step towards scientific breakthroughs that could lead to the creation of catgirls who are cat-human hybrids, though they haven’t gone down that avenue… yet: “Braving a funding ban put in place by America’s top health … Continue reading →

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Sex and Gender are NOT Social Constructs

Posted on January 20, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Originally, “gender” and “biological sex” meant the same thing, or that “gender” was a grammatical concept more or less consistent with biological sex.*  Then the two terms started to be used together, as first seemingly redundantly; once established in law, … Continue reading →

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Australia Unveils Weapon Against Its Ultimate Threat

Posted on January 12, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will now be protected by an A.I. robot: “The underwater autonomous vehicle is programmed to patrol the massive living structure in search of destructive crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), which it then kills by lethal injection. These starfish … Continue reading →

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